Vorthrakisch?
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Among the ancient names of mountains, rivers and localities in Moesia
and Thracia, not of Hellenic or Latin origin, there are names which do not
seem Thracian and evidence of a migration wave from the north to the south
along the Black Sea coast:
1. Names of towns and rivers, such as Όρδησσός, ’Οδησσός, Πανυ-
σός, etc.
Adjectives, as for instance Γευπασηνός, Κουλκουσσηνός, etc. Names
ending in -σος are deemed pre-Hellenic in Greece.
2. A particular group are the names ending in -σκός as for instance
Γαρησκός, Δραβήσκος, etc.
3. Other names have corresponding names in Greece, as for instance
Λάρισα, Τίριζις, etc.
4. Other names show an alternation of 0~A as for instance Όργάμη~
Άργάμω, etc.
5. In Odessos and the vicinities there are names of gods not found elsewhere, such as Δαρζαλάς, Πέρκω, Περκώνει, etc.
6. Archeological finds in South-east Bulgaria indicate a pre-Thracian
population, as for instance the aeneolithic necropolis near Varna, the excavations in Karanovo, the dolmens in South-east Bulgaria, etc.
7. The name of the Rhodope Mountains, reminding and possibly correlating with names like 'Ρόδος, 'Ρόδιος can hardly be Thracian. The ending
-οπη appears in Μερόπη, Μέροπες and Europe, where it does not mean
‘river’. Probably Rhodope is a pre-Thracian name as well.
and Thracia, not of Hellenic or Latin origin, there are names which do not
seem Thracian and evidence of a migration wave from the north to the south
along the Black Sea coast:
1. Names of towns and rivers, such as Όρδησσός, ’Οδησσός, Πανυ-
σός, etc.
Adjectives, as for instance Γευπασηνός, Κουλκουσσηνός, etc. Names
ending in -σος are deemed pre-Hellenic in Greece.
2. A particular group are the names ending in -σκός as for instance
Γαρησκός, Δραβήσκος, etc.
3. Other names have corresponding names in Greece, as for instance
Λάρισα, Τίριζις, etc.
4. Other names show an alternation of 0~A as for instance Όργάμη~
Άργάμω, etc.
5. In Odessos and the vicinities there are names of gods not found elsewhere, such as Δαρζαλάς, Πέρκω, Περκώνει, etc.
6. Archeological finds in South-east Bulgaria indicate a pre-Thracian
population, as for instance the aeneolithic necropolis near Varna, the excavations in Karanovo, the dolmens in South-east Bulgaria, etc.
7. The name of the Rhodope Mountains, reminding and possibly correlating with names like 'Ρόδος, 'Ρόδιος can hardly be Thracian. The ending
-οπη appears in Μερόπη, Μέροπες and Europe, where it does not mean
‘river’. Probably Rhodope is a pre-Thracian name as well.
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